Monday, 6 December 2010

This is the most important part of Journal Your Christmas for me as it sets the scene and reminds us of why we are doing what we're doing. Shimelle's gave us a wonderful manifesto to use if we wanted and I liked it so I put it on the inside cover and made a seperate page for my own manifesto of sorts. Its really just journalling (is it ever JUST journalling?!) about why I want to record the season but its great to open the album and remind yourself of the importance of it all. I dont know if it is the change in medication (first one had too many side effects) but the second one is not working yet and I'm feeling a bit of pressure to complete this journal in case it is the only chance I get. How crazy is that?! I guess there's just been a fair amount of bad news about recently and sometimes the preciousness of life is at the forefront of my mind. But what they heck, if it helps me craft then its okay right?! I'm feeling VERY miserable today with a sore throat, cough and head cold that have really knocked me for 6. The snow days last week have also delayed all the school events so this week is proving to be very busy and hard work already! Louis will only get more and more tired so we are watching TV after school to try and enforce some chill out time! I've also cleared my craft table so I can wrap all the presents in an orderly fashion (seriously, anal? Moi?) Once its done, I can crack on with JYC and I cant wait!

Saturday, 4 December 2010

It is unusual for us to get any snow at all really and if we do then it tends to be February or so. We saw it affecting the rest of the country and thought we would avoid it but Wednesday night it came down hard! It was the most snow I remember having in this country and of course it meant the inevitable snow days from school and work.

Sadly for us, with today's technology, the Husband was still able to work from home after a brief play in the thick snow with Louis. It wasn't sticky enough to make a snowman so they just played snowballs.

Isabella and I went out for a few minutes but she suffers so badly with her circulation that we didn't last long. Plus it was up to her thighs and she was so padded with clothing that she kept falling over and couldn't get up!

Our house is on a slope and we are right on the peak of that slope which causes us no end of problems when the weather is cold. It is now Saturday and even with lots of digging and gritting yesterday, heavy rain overnight, and lots of scraping and gritting again today, it was still an ordeal to get the car out and up the road. Thankfully we made it though and managed to get to the supermarket and have a much needed change of scenery.

On the first snow day, I had some sort of unexpected guests call in, in the form of 2 mums from school and their 4 boys. I had just put Isabella down for a nap and made Louis comfy with his CDs so I could study so it was bad timing but actually they all played really nicely and it was good to chat to some new mums from school. I was so embarrassed though as the house was a mess and I looked awful so I set about cleaning the very next morning ;-)

With both of the children at home all the time, and everyone in the house feeling poorly and trapped, I havent made much headway with Journal Your Christmas but I do have my album cover to share.

Hopefully I should have a couple of pages to share tomorrow but for now I need to clear a space so that I can get some wrapping done. I'm so excited, I just love this season, and each year it gets better and better!

Hello!

I'm a slightly obsessive mother of 2 beautiful young children and wife to a gorgeous husband of many years. I love playing with paper, I'm trying to get fit and lose weight, and I'm also battling against depression. I'm a part time writer, studying for my second degree with the Open University. Come see inside my crazy mind.... ;-)